Countries with the highest
Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output)

In 2017, Bhutan leads Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) with 100.00%. Lesotho follows at 99.88%, and the gap between the top two positions is 0.12%. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

Ranking leaders

0.025.050.075.0100.0BhutanBhutan: 100.00%100.0LesothoLesotho: 99.88%99.9Costa RicaCosta Rica: 98.74%98.7UruguayUruguay: 98.29%98.3NorwayNorway: 97.85%97.8UgandaUganda: 97.23%97.2Central African RepublicCentral African Republic: 96.47%96.5AndorraAndorra: 96.04%96.0TajikistanTajikistan: 95.57%95.6EthiopiaEthiopia: 95.02%95.0Kyrgyz RepublicKyrgyz Republic: 91.56%91.6AfghanistanAfghanistan: 86.86%86.9

Full table

#CountryValue
51 Zimbabwe 55.18%
52 Venezuela, RB 51.47%
53 Fiji 51.25%
54 Faroe Islands 51.12%
55 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 50.73%
56 Rwanda 50.54%
57 Suriname 50.06%
58 Finland 46.61%
59 Viet Nam 45.17%
60 Montenegro 45.16%
61 Chile 44.10%
62 Congo, Rep. 41.65%
63 Cambodia 41.08%
64 Portugal 40.90%
65 Ghana 40.37%
66 Romania 38.32%
67 Tanzania 36.72%
68 Madagascar 36.60%
69 Samoa 36.06%
70 Italy 35.74%
71 Gabon 34.14%
72 Germany 34.01%
73 Papua New Guinea 33.41%
74 Spain 32.89%
75 Dominica 32.46%
76 French Polynesia 30.91%
77 United Kingdom 30.15%
78 Sri Lanka 30.01%
79 Turkiye 29.35%
80 Ireland 29.31%
81 Armenia 29.25%
82 Togo 29.23%
83 Slovenia 28.91%
84 Pakistan 27.68%
85 Serbia 26.73%
86 Bolivia 25.18%
87 Greece 25.11%
88 China 25.04%
89 Philippines 24.69%
90 Slovak Republic 24.63%
91 Argentina 24.52%
92 Bosnia and Herzegovina 24.42%
93 Tuvalu 23.27%
94 North Macedonia 23.14%
95 Nigeria 22.28%
96 Vanuatu 20.73%
97 Curacao 20.28%
98 Thailand 20.26%
99 Mauritius 20.20%
100 Belgium 19.55%

Analytical takeaways

  • Bhutan leads the global ranking for Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) in 2017, with a lead of 0.12% over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Afghanistan at 86.86%.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.